Fractal Talk

[JiveTurkey]

I find the drives to be vastly more usable to goose a hot amp, or add a boost and a bit of grit to a clean/EOB amp. But making a clean amp scream has not been a success story for me. Of course it's so eay to put a Plexi on channel 2, I never spent much time trying TBH.

Built in boost switch is always my favorite.

 

[jellodog]

Built in boost switch is always my favorite.

CC Boost FTW!

Although I must admit to enjoying a touch of the Blues OD recently.

 

[JiveTurkey]

CC Boost FTW!

Although I must admit to enjoying a touch of the Blues OD recently.

They all rock. The neutral boost is great even!

 

[Orvillain]

My Mark V has ruined drives and boosts for me. You simply don't need them.

 

[la szum]

Sir Richard Cranium.

When you are officially Knighted will it also double as your Bris?

 

[2112]

@blandified The biggest advantage of what fractal does is being able to have the sound of an amp dialed in to it's sweet spot without the associated volume, so I tend to prefer "amp gain" too. Stabbing multiple low gain drives into a clean amp can mimic the multiple gain stages modern high gain amps have to some degree.

TS - OCD, 2x Griddle Cake and King of Tone - Klon are some of favourite combos.

The FM9 has a dedicated processor for reverb. You can most likely add a second reverb after everything without a spike in processing.

Edit to add this video by Leon Todd

Yep, you can run 2x amp, delay and HQverb per preset with minimal change in the overall CPU usage.

 

[James Freeman]

@FractalAudio Compared to the real amp it seems like I have to push the impedence curve to make things a little brighter.
I've seen graphs you've posted of the difference between the measured response and the model and they were flat.
Maybe my Behringer A500 poweramp is not entirely flat?